Collisions

Values - and, in particular, value clashes - are very salient in highly politicised areas, such as war and security, climate change, or migration and forced displacement, which pose key, interlocking challenges to the international community. Values and value collisions influence political and legal processes, can determine election outcomes, and reshape governance systems. They polarise public opinion and may give rise to democratic backlash. This is reflected in different governance mechanisms, including judicial decision-making, to which this project will pay particular attention.

Against this background, research within this project will examine which values matter and why, which role values play, and how clashes between them can and/or should be approached from a law & governance perspective. It will, in this way, complement ongoing research within the CFR and help build a more responsive and resilient international value-based order. This research project is funded by the Wübben Foundation.